Gilmore Commission - Second Annual Report Recommendations
Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT: APPROVED RECOMMENDATIONS
Executive Branch:
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Develop national strategy approved by the President
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Create a "National Office for Combating Terrorism"
- Director appointed by the President, confirmed by the Senate
- Point of contact for the Congress
- Strategy formulation
- Plans Review
- Multidisciplinary staffing
- No operational control
- Specified control of Federal programs/budgets
- Supported by Advisory Board for Domestic Programs
- Assistants for Domestic Preparedness, Intelligence, Health and Medical, RDT&E/National Standards, and Management and Budget
Congress:
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Create a "Special Committee for Combating Terrorism"
- Bipartisan membership with full-time staff from relevant committees
- Direct link to the new "National Office for Combating Terrorism"
- Develops consolidated legislative plan for authorization, budget, and appropriations
- Clearinghouse and first referral for relevant legislation
Functional Recommendations:
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Enhance Intelligence/Threat Assessments/Information Sharing
- Improve human intelligence by rescinding CIA guidelines on certain foreign informants (DCI)
- Improve measurement and signature intelligence through enhanced RDT&E (Intelligence Community)
- Review/modify guidelines and procedures for domestic investigations (Review Panel/Attorney General)
- Review/modify authorities on certain CBRN precursors and equipment (Executive and Congress)
- Improve forensics technology/analysis, and enhance indications and warnings systems (National Office)
- Provide security clearances and more information to designated State and local entities (National Office)
- Develop single-source, protected, web-based, integrated information system (National Office) -
Foster Better Planning/Coordination/Operations
- Designate Federal Response Plan as single-source "all hazards" planning document (National Office)
- Develop "model" State plan (NEMA and FEMA)
- Conduct inventories of State and local programs for nationwide application (National Office)
- Promote/facilitate the adoption of multi-jurisdiction/multi-state mutual aid compacts (National Office)
- Promote/facilitate adoption of standard ICS, UCS, and EOC (National Office)
- Designate agency other than DoD as "Lead Federal Agency" (President) -
Enhance Training, Equipping, and Exercising
- Develop input to strategy and plans in close coordination with State and local entities (National Office)
- Restructure education and training opportunities to account for volunteers in critical response disciplines
- Develop realistic exercise scenarios that meet State and local needs (National Office) -
Improve Health and Medical Capabilities
- Obtain strategy input/ program advice from public health/medical care representatives (National Office)
- Promote certification programs for training and facilities (National Office)
- Clarify authorities and procedures for health and medical response (All jurisdictions)
- Improve surge capacity and stockpiles (All jurisdictions)
- Evaluate and test response capabilities (All public health and medical entities)
- Establish standards for communications/mandatory reporting (All public health/medical entities)
- Establish laboratory standards and protocols (All public health/medical entities) -
Promote Better Research and Development and Developing National Standards
- Develop, with OSTP, equipment testing protocols and long-range research plan (National Office)
- Establish national standards program with NIST and NIOSH as co-leads (National Office) -
Enhance Efforts to Counter Agroterrorism
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Improve Cyber Security Against Terrorism
For more information, see the full report (PDF).